You’re invited to an Irish adventure. From a small island in the Atlantic Ocean - off the west coast of Europe - Hyperlocal podcasting from Cork. Your host’s poet Paul O’Mahony - his language is fluid & melodic (sometimes). Value-laden & & political (othertimes) - For people who crave detail, not generalisations. Frequently there is drama & opera - Depression & Resurrection - Dog-walking - Fatherhood : ————————— Contact Paul atshowandtellcommunications.net/ Tweet him @mobile.twitter.com/omaniblog
In this episode you hear the sound of a man (Paul O'Mahony) walking in a muddy field, the chilling wind, a coffee house & a cafe. On top of that there's the historic sound of the "Echo" by the man selling the Cork Evening Echo outside the Post Office on Oliver Plunkett Street.
First of a series of interviews with some of the most engaging people whom Paul O'Mahony, poet, knows.
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Ray Renati is a professional actor, theatre director, podcaster, photographer, comedian, singer, father, dog-walker and more. He lives in California, USA.
Paul & Ray met on social audio on the App Anchor, about three years ago.
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The purpose of THE INTERVIEW is to
introduce Ray Renati to people who don't know him
delve into the person Ray is and is becoming
(in 92 minutes)
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THE INTERVIEW covers 8 topics:
Why do you live where you live?
Why do you do the work that you do?
Why do you attract the people you attract?
Why are you so committed to the causes your espouse?
Quick questions: like "Ice cream or jam? Reagan or Nixon?"
Why are you such a spiritual guy?
Why are you so keen to leave a legacy?
What question would you like to ask Paul O'Mahony?
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Ray says you are welcome to contact Ray Renati by email at
"rayrenati@gmail.com"
From 2012 to 2019 this adventure with Mary Oliver (Ohio 1935- Florida 2019)
Begins with how Paul O'Mahony contacted Mary's agent in 2018, followed by a recording from 2012, her poem "The Journey" for AJ Leon and Misfits Inc as they set out to go Round the World in 1,080 Days". http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/about/about-poe/
A segment inside the great coffee house "FilterCork" with Mary.
Paul reads several poems.
You hear Mary Oliver reading one of her poem.
Followed by Paul O'Mahony's poem "Song for Mary Oliver on her 80th birthday" in Florida
More poetry including "When death comes".
"My life with Mary Oliver" by Paul
Paul O'Mahony produces three poems in one day.
Poem No 1 : "Emerging From Retirement"
Poem No 2 : "My New Shoes"
Poem No 3 : "Song of Wandering Fog"
You can read these poems on Paul's website https://paulhomahony.com/
Paul O'Mahony's musical life in Limerick (1965 - 1968) Ireland included very little Irish music. Here Paul plays music he didn't like from Brendan Bowyer ("The Hucklebuck" - released in 1965) & Dickie Rock. Alongside music he loved - the Doors ("Light My Fire" - released in January 1967).
While recording this episode Paul remembers how much he used to like the music of Percy French (1854 - 1920) from County Roscommon.
What will be the biggest surprise of this year? Imagine if a meteor landed here. I wrote about Santorini ... A recording device was sent out into space ... What’s it like to go on and on? Bouncing back ... What happened before the Big Bang? Happiness is a warm infinity. What is a mind? There’s a person with a dog ...
From Rogers & Hammerstein “You’ve got to be carefully taught” + “We shall overcome” to “Strange Fruit” + “La Marseilles” (French National Anthem) and “The Times They Are A-Changing” with “White Rabbit”
Story-making with my daughter
This begins with a short conversation between father & daughter in the car on the way to school - about stories we used to make together.
On Social Media Day 2012, we spoke to a small group about how we were creating stories together.
From storytelling to story-making ...
You hear plenty about "The Pony Story" - and a little about "The Princess Story" (which is available on the podcast "From Cork With Love Adventure").
Rebecca Solnit was left at home - Paul walked alongside water flowing like fluid in his mother’s womb. The power within an atom increases like a balloon. The colour brown surrounds the man. A woman comes around a corner without warning & pauses to be social. Light because of a prism ...
Paul O’Mahony is out on a dark, muddy track - with horses & other animals out of sight. Paul is reborn today - he’s got his first (Bluetooth) hearing aids. He can’t resist going on about what it’s been like during the first few hours.
Around midnight - around the estate - around the houses - slipping on worms - without stars to warm the way - after time with Freddie Mercury in Omniplex Mahon Point
Some Irish doctors are against providing abortion services - you hear a bit of a radio report, comments by Paul O'Mahony & VictoriousOne in USA.
Sony WH-CH500 bluetooth headset test
A chat with Benjamin O'Mahony (actor) about pay & conditions in UK compared with USA - hoping to make contact with Ray Renati in San Francisco.
Meeting a woman & dog - and meeting a man & dog.
Episode recorded on Monday 3 December 2018
A Blank Holiday. • Piano practice + Feeding & watering Louis • People I drink wine with • Celebrating conversation with Fu-ran in Japan • I like Red Autumn Song • Thank you🍂 • The spirit of old Japanese melodies
You can’t stay in Cork all your life. You have to fly Aer Lingus to Paris for your birthday. You have to at least attempt to reach the summit - and return to base camp safely. You hear lots of people chattering French on the way. (Whatever you do book your ticket online. Otherwise you’ll queue for two hours to get to the cable car.)
Part 1
To get the full value of this episode - you'll have to listen in a silent room (perhaps even a vacuum). Because Simon & Jana speak very softly (and my studio volume control dial wasn't able to amplify the sound).
Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk, MBE (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinetist and vocalist ... "Stranger on the Shore" is the music I still listen to.
Part 2
Feeling guilty while listening to music doesn't feel right - does it?
Music you might not expect me to love:
"I'm the king of the jungle"
"The hills are alive with the sound of music"
"South Pacific".
Leave of trees. Walking with Louis but without Rebecca Solnit. Learning how to make videos that are not perfection - but attract connection with your audience. You hear the sound of leaves underfoot being crinkled. "The space between the words, especially paragraphs, is where connection is mist likely to happen. County Kerry local people speak quickly - like people on Manhatten.
This is the song that makes me laugh, smile & smirk most. The one that lights up my life.
Your favourite? #Octaver2018 would love to hear what's your favourite.
This is Paul O'Mahony's Day 3 contribution to Octaver2018 - topic suggested by Stefano Landi @slandi, in Montreal, Canada.
You hear Jessye Norman sing from "Last Four Songs" by Richard Strauss.
You hear Allan Sherman sing from "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)
Recorded while walking in the dark with Louis - talking with horses - airplanes overhead - why it's better not to try and a few words with the pony rider
At 8:12pm the light in Cork has almost faded away - walking in the dark is tricky - there are horses in fields & stars overhead. Light matters of course - and how do we measure the speed of light? And why is it not possible for anything to travel faster than light? There is so much Paul O'Mahony doesn't know & understand.
With Louis his llewellen setter, Paul O'Mahony talks about the passing of his friend Jarla's brother-in-law - and Kevin William's birthday - and there is nearly a terrible accident. Thank goodness Louis is alive
After leaving home with dog, filling the car with unleaded petrol, watching the rain - surprisingly it's dry enough to read all about Wordsworth's walking & poetry. Lots about mushrooms in this episode
Read while walking in woods with dog Louis - Thomas de Quincy + William Hazlitt + Coleridge + Bunyon + Dante + Walpole + Thomas Gray + Rousseau + Tom Paine + Edmond Burke + Mary Woolstonecraft + William Godwin - all are brought into focus as a way of putting the Wordsworths in context
Imagine a fireside chat shifted to an armchair in Cork - this is all about today's headlines - all reports based on the RTE News App - with a little commentary by Paul O'Mahony
Walking & talking around an estate in Glanmire Cork - on a windy night - an umbrella for protection - You hear Paul meet a couple of lads - Eric Chandler gets a mention - TS Eliot & Walt Whitman too - "Leaves of Curiosity" may become title of a collection of poetry. The dog's delinquent
Reading from Rebecca Solnit's book Wanderlust on a walk - Louis meets a Golden Lab - and Jane Austin has her say - is this what we've been waiting for?
Recent conversations with (1) Fu-ran in Japan (2) Jeremiah Craig in Seattle & (3) Andrew Lowe in New Jersey USA. This is to celebrate the wonder of it all
It's very easy to go to a Toastmasters meeting. There is probably a Toastmasters Club near you. Anyone over18 is welcome. There is no need to be invited. Every club loves to have guests & visitors. It's a pleasant & easy way to learn leadership & communications skills. This adventure gives you a taste of the Toastmasters podcast "Irish Talkers"
Continuing to read Rebecca Solnit's wanderful history of walking (Chapter 6 starts here) - all about the first people to walk across countryside for the pleasure of walking there
As everyone in Ireland is talking about the Pope who'll arrive on Saturday morning, many are enthusiastic - many are telling their stories of rape & torture. All Paul O'Mahony can do is write poems and read them to you.
Thanks to Madhur Jaffreyv& Dehia Smith there will be good food for Sunday lunch. There is nothing like smelling of lime, ginger, chillies, cumin, corriander, garlic, basil & more.
A local discounter & a proper supermarket in Glanmire. Shopping for food & drink. Impulse purchases. Meeting a man in the wine section & a woman at the counter. Plus thoughts about podcasting.
From eating ice cream Caramel Chew Chew & Cherry Garcia - to the movies - with memories of how cinema used to be. An appreciation of the film for the "GnomeFlixMovieClub" too
End Chapter 4. Rebecca Solnit writes about connection between pilgrims & protesters. Ends with "dedicated and fragile in the dark." On his walk Paul meets a man & chats about blackberries
Panic at Crawford Woods & Picnic at Hanging Rock. Followed by a reading from Rebecca Solnit's book about walking. Start of chapter 3 talks about conjoining body & soul - material & spiritual - and contains reference to Irish holy places
A Bukowski fan reads 3 poems: "His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.[4] His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over 60 books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, in the LA underground newspaper Open City..." (Wiki)
While walking Louis #omaniLouis, in rain, round the estate where he lives, Paul O'Mahony composed this song. This is unedited & raw - the first crude version without music
Louis had to be dropped to kennels for 36 hours. Paul made a mistake, and arrived there too early.
There's a bit of singing from Act 1 of Verdi's opera La Traviata. The poor Minister for Health gets it in the neck from Paul who pours out spleen.
Delayed by his enjoyment of coffee on the road, you hear a man hurrying afraid he's going to be late for the 4-ball in Greystones Golf Club.
The last sigment was recording while driving back to Cork.
Begins with Irish radio, coffee-making, talking to Dog Louis - a mug from Prague - Plastic in The Graduate - Saving Arpitan - Causes - Robert Neill talks about reading
Starts with reference to Robert Frost by Paul O'Mahony. Reading while walking in Moanbaun Wood in East Cork Ireland.
In Chapter 3 'Rising and Falling', The following sources are mentioned:
J-J Rousseau - John Napier - Genesis - Robert Ardrey - Adrienne Zihlman - Robert Dart - Louis & Mary Leakey - Donald Johanson - Owen Lovejoy - R D Guthrie - Jack Stern & Randall Sussman - Jane Goodall & Dian Fossey - Dean Falk - Peter Wheeler
Recorded specially for Robbin Milne the Painter in California.
To someone who knows nothing about cricket, this may sound weird - hieroglyphics on the air from BBC radio 'Test Match Special' (TMS) team.
You hear ball-by-ball commentary on the last 19 minutes of the first test match between England & India.
Paul O'Mahony says few words.
Do you have a reason for using a social medium? Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, You Tube et al. Paul O'Mahony delves into this topic & scrapes the surface
Maybe I can't change. Perhaps I'm condemned to be me. I suppose I'll never know why things are the way they are until I've noticed a few more details. This episode is a rant about how some people live their lives - and howvmy mind works too often for my own good
In her latest weekly digest "Brainpickings" - Maria Popova writes a piece "Walt Whitman on Democracy as a Mighty Form of Resistance". Paul O'Mahony reads & adds comments.
The sound of a 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape being poured from glass to jug - and from bottle to jug - and from jug to glass - and being swilled & swallowed by an Irish man
This was Monday - the day after I went to bed late - it was recorded while I was waking up & while I was driving home after collecting Louis the dog from kennels.
Tom owns this American motorcar - Paul O'Mahony was having a refreshment with him in the bar of the Castletroy Park Hotel - after Ger (Scallachi) O'Connor's lying in state RIP (a lover of life). Ever friendly. Tom's car forensically inspected.
This chapter is call "Tracing a Headland" - it's all about how broad the scope of the book is. Paul gets excited by Rebecca Solnit's painting of the landscape on which she'll consider walking.
Insidious
I was walking along a couple of roads,
one turned to the sea, the wave, the water, the tide ...
one sloped to the mountain, the scree, the rock, the peak ...
I followed a breath like a hunter.
There were distractions,
high like eagles,
busy like bees,
imaginations
like sugar,
addictions,
paradise,
a sweet-shop shining
scent of fish
nectar,
pollen,
ice.
I was walking along a couple of roads
when the earth gave birth to twins,
and twins to twins
I followed a breath like a hunted fox.
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Read by the poet Paul O'Mahony
Recorded in kitchen in Cork on 16 July 2018
This is a serious listen - "Wanderlust, A History of Walking" by Rebecca Solnit - first published in UK by Verso (imprint of New Left Books) 2001.
The reading starts in a bed in Cork Ireland - a very sleepy Paul O'Mahony struggles to start his walk through the introduction to a 300 page paperback book.
"I know nothing about Rebecca Solnit. I've done no research - it was the title & subtitle that hooked me" - says Paul.
"I have no idea how much of it I'll read - or how many comments I'll make - as I walk across & down through the pages.
"Maybe I'll be educated or disinterested, delighted or distracted, but I'm pretty sure I'll be curious & have mixed feelings."
Walk with dog & cat, talking about the film "Denial" (2016) which Paul O'Mahony is watching: Holocaust denier judged to be a falsified of history - Paul speaks about his experience of going to Yad Vashem (Museum : "The idea of establishing a memorial in the historical Jewish homeland for Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust was conceived during World War II, as a response to reports of the mass murder of Jews in Nazi-occupied countries. Yad Vashem was first proposed in September 1942, at a board meeting of the Jewish National Fund, by Mordecai Shenhavi, a member of Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek...." (Wiki) The Hall of Names at Yad Vashem is the Jewish People’s memorial to each and every Jew who perished in the Holocaust – a place where they may be commemorated for generations to come.
The main circular hall houses the extensive collection of “Pages of Testimony” – short biographies of each Holocaust victim. Over two million Pages are stored in the circular repository around the outer edge o
This speech was made at Blarney Toastmasters Club in Co Cork Ireland. Paul O'Mahony is a member of that club. He's following the Toastmasters learning path known as Visionary Communications. This is his second speech on that Path.
The speech is introduced by Mary Walsh, Toastmaster (MC) of the meeting.
It was a hot, dry day during the Irish drought 2018.
The video was shot by Moira O'Brien, member of Toastmasters Internatonal, Blarney Club, District 71
Paul left his dog Louis in the car while he had breakfast? Was that cruel? Should he be ashamed of himself? Should he have gone back home to get a lead - to tie the dip up outside - or should he have skipped breakfast? How do you judge Paul's actions? What do you think you would have done?
All about a poem-song composition that began on 4th July 2018. Includes a song composed by George Fredrick Root in 1862 - Version 1 the Union version - Version 2 Confederate version - a little art Cooder - a little Wolfe Tones - and thoughts about what poets & painters do
Boiling kettle of Irish water + Pouring boiled water on teabag + replacing kettle + stirring tea with metal teaspoon + removing teabag to bin & pouring Super Milk + stirring tea + tapping teaspoon on inside of teacup - and more
This stream runs around the boundary of our local park & children's playground - under trees. You hear the sound of children enjoying themselves in the distance
The poems are:
1. Je Suis Charlie
2. Je Suis Paris
3. Lost on Bastille Day
4. Born in Aleppo
5. We Are Humans
6. They are Dead
Recorded specially for #AudioMo Day 30 2018
Specially recorded for #audiomo - first public reading by Paul O'Mahony.
The Islander
Chapter One
He could have been on Sherkin, Inishbofin, Skelligs or even Rathlin...
He was an outlaw, cast away from the land,
away from his people.
His face didn’t fit,
his family were not from the right side of town.
There was no time for him, he could rot there.
Eventually his spirit would break,
he would comply, he would conform,
he would be broken
- or so they thought...
It would teach them,
it would show them not to meddle with our family,
not to get above themselves.
Yea, 27 winters on Sherkin
27 springs on the Skelligs
27 summers on Rathlin
27 years of nightmares on any island you fancy.
It was good to keep him there, disappeared.
Our family had need of safety,
his family were dangerous,
thugs, revolutionaries, communists, rapists.
oh yea, uncouth, uncivilised, Untermenschen.
Chapter Two
Our family is special,
we have survived our own wars.
We’re used to feeling superior
... (continued)
My manifesto :
I stand
against the crowd
I stand out from the crowd
I am an individual
Odd
Different
Singular
Misfit
Awkward in my comfort
Edgy in my skin
Alive in my own little way
I live my say
I give the best shot I can
Every day.
I stand against the crowd
of wasters who fritter
their life away their way.
I waste my life my way
I fritter my days into
the oblivion I fashion
every step I say.
Because I am who am
Me
Condemned to be myself
I stand out from the crowd
comfortable in my discomforting way
that comes from every pore
every sore
every score of my expressions.
It's my art
The heart of my song
The liver that cleans my spleen
seen in all my glory every time
I stand against the crowd
Each and every difference
Friction
Grating
Unconforming
Uncomplying
Understandable me.
See that fella
hovering on the edge
the one who isn't fitting in
the one with the shifty eyes
the glint of his own
You can smell that he's
An outsider
A weirdo
An awkward one
An individual
Heart
... (continuing)
The City of London
Cocktail-shaker for the World
Bridge-builder, fortune-maker
City of greetings, grime and grit
City of tongues
City of preachers, teachers and elephants
City of wars
City of screams and exhibitionists
City of Empire
City of fires, plague and drawing rooms
City of parks, love-makers, trouble-makers, heart-breakers, imperial, ethereal, thirst-slakers, pace-makers, peace-wakers
City of dogs, cats, rats, scavengers and paintbrushes
City of players, symphonic stayers, hyperbolic cares
City of ruins
City of wounds, marches and prayers
City of bubbles, stock-takers
City of pain, disdain, refrain
City of shoes, falafel, matzoh ball soup, chopped liver, peppercorns, cardamom, chillies and curls
City of deaths, debts, resurrections, assumptions
City of refugees
City of the poor
City of the sword
City of slaves, waves, graves, sails
Race-gobblers
City of the clock
City of time and charts
City of natural history, kings, queens, nobility, futility
City of the blitz and bliss ...
Brothers
They were brothers, fresh from gathering,
each clutching a bundle of yellowed leaves.
Two short pants,
One took his booty by the hand,
and waved a sword with pirate fire.
The other cradled his,
and wouldn’t waste a single one.
On they went writing epitaphs.
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Read specially for #audiomo 2018 Day 26. Written June 1996
A man strolls around an estate before midnight - accompanied by Louis & Puma. The half moon is not impressed. Earthworms are unmoved - recorded on Wednesday
Poem by Paul O'Mahony - read by Paul O'Mahony
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Wanting more
I’ve always been found
wanting more than a woodpecker carves
into the last tree
in the last forest,
wanting more
than my parents ever offered,
– even more than father bestowed
on one of his good days.
I was born wanting more time for love.
I’ve grown hungrier by the day,
thirstier by night,
always grasping for clean air.
There’s never been a father more loved,
ever since letters of infinity
were strung together
on a necklace
that shines with promise
and gradually shrinks
until it chokes
the living daylight out of me.
I’ve always wanted to beg.
Like most beggars,
my voice has been feeble
– barely enough courage
to pay the price father demanded.
I’ve always been found
wanting to trust more.
I’m used to starving.
Bless me Father,
for I have sinned
on a daily basis.
Let me do penance
– only let me have time to pay.
Reunited
I left the house of my reincarnation
before the swallows returned
the year they cancelled the Grand National.
I walked out the door
before dawn disappeared, drove through a dream
as if in a dismal draft of corked Dolcetto.
I pitched my leaky tent in Wiltshire
’til forced out by a wife’s thirst
for regeneration.
Winter hardened the road I travelled
as I wished to wallow like a pig
in the hot mud Bladud found.
I sailed back to the Province of my birth
in a ferry beset by bleeding ballast,
into the storm of a tiger’s saliva ...
(continued in audio)
#audiomo
You don’t have to like oysters
You don’t have to like oysters,
there’s nothing wrong with you
if caviar and truffles turn you off.
Though some will look down their nose at you
if you decline champagne,
it’s not a sin to spend your life
without a diamond ring or stud.
As for grand opera, Wimbledon, Ascot
and the Royal Tea Party,
you’re not alone in preferring to dunk
ginger nut biscuits in Earl Gray
and nibble soldiers with soft-boiled eggs
for breakfast.
I met one honest man who ate puffer fish
before his wife – with their Johney in mind.
He founded a not-for-profit that cared
for orphans in Somalia or earthquake
victims in Katmandu.
There are bungee jumpers, macrobiotic vegans
and others devoted to saving earthworms
from global warming,
before the bees run out.
You don’t even have to be like any of them,
if you want your tombstone to be admired.
Your legacy may not even be on your agenda –
and who cares if no one remembers
your greatest achievement?
No one ... (continued in audio)
I rose from the dead
We’d all love to rise from the dead
and snatch a second chance
from the teeth of history.
Which of you would refuse resurrection
and leave the stones in place
until the winter breaks?
My death was cold
and stank of feces ... (continued in audio)
Song of my Butterfly
No one heard the song of the butterfly
not even my mother,
my brothers,
nor the dog-walker
who strode by our garden
and allowed his Bernese Mountain Dog
to pee all over my butterfly’s buddleia.
No one noticed the sigh of my Painted Lady
as she mated with the neighbour’s Painted Man ... (continued in audio)
Backtracking
They robbed one man of his loneliness
when they automated the Skelligs
- a lighthouse for the wider world went out.
You could feed a multitude on the soft greenery
with the loaves and fishes
behind that view.
We climbed the stairs assembled
with the same architectural craft
as those stones igloos.
The cell opened up
first light, then warmth,
it became easier to see the attraction
There’s no hardship in those cells
just the pain you bring inside
that’s yours to cherish.
Paul O'Mahony reads his poem "You just came to me" for #AudioMo 2018)
Pig-sty to cattle track, anemones to fountain-pen,
you sat in yellowed armchair, among psychiatric alumni,
released into a fighting streetscape,
where burnt-out cars took place of bicycles.
Your warrior-self listened to every voice
with the greeting of a saint
who wrote with a sun-lit plume.
Prince of the messengers,
carrier of connections,
pointing companions around wild flowers,
through the thicket of everyday life,
out into a clearing, ever shadowed,
ever dappled,
your painterly hand ever active,
you spoke of trees in a family field,
the feed from bonamhs that licked your fingertips,
the rub of the beast that reminded you of animated conversations,
the rough warm blanket into which you were born.
You walked every inch of the lane that led from farm-house,
past copulating ragwort, to a table strewn with words
drawn together for the sake of safe passage.
In that armchair, you smiled ... (continued in audio)
This is all about #AudioMo - which is taking place during the month of June 2018. Paul O'Mahony talks about how valuable it is to be part of a community making audio
There are times
There are times the rain
is so heavy, and the cloud so
thick I can hardly see.
There are times the dark
is so choking I can hardly
breathe.
There are times the words
are strangled in my throat.
There are times the pain
grips throughout, and I
am completely at its mercy.
And there are times when it’s
much worse than that…
Toasted Irish skin is likely today - and there are alternatives. Paul O'Mahony has the Cork Harbour Festival (Maritime Activities - Walks & Talks - Culture & Heritage - Family Fun) 2-10 June 2018 in his garden. Paddle boarding, power boating & much more. Jazz too
Growing
You’re never too old to waste your life
- the old man cried
To fritter away an hour a day
and spend the coins of change
No way you lose that fear of the living
- the old man cried
Spend your time awaiting, waiting to be seen
and you see it all slip by
You’re never beyond being sorry for me
- the old man cried
Hold back, hang in, stay put
as your life goes down the drain.
Paul doesnt know how rough his life will be today. He's sure it'll be rough. He drives on towards his destination - eventually he plays the 19th hole without his partner
What's the positive role of nostalgia in Paul O'Mahony's life? Paul names names fondly - people with whom he used to be in frequent contact via social audio - mainly on Anchor.
Particularly about abortion? Paul O'Mahony reads the Irish Times editorial. Warning: this is a very emotional reading. It's followed by a poem REPEAL which Paul wrote this morning
on a day when the weather gods (Froh, Wotan Fricka & co) are smiling for a second day in a row. Paul O'Mahony talks about the blue sky the freshwater trees and what it was like to be in the womb
Introducing: Anchor’s new QA Analyst” - Open positions All positions are full time and on site in New York City. Android Engineer Audio Software Engineer Backend Engineer Business Operations Manager Community Engagement Manager Engineering Manager - Head of Content Partnerships - Web Engineer
How tough is that Louis in the window?
The one with the funny tale
How tough is that Louis in the window?
I do hope that Louis won't fail.
I must take a ship to Patagonia
And leave my poor Fortune at home
If she has a heart, she won't be loathsome
And dear Louis will have his trombone.
How tough is that Louis in the window?
The one with the funny tale
How tough is that Louis in the window?
I do hope that Louis won't fail.
Beyond the internet there are planets
With flashlights that breathe in delight
My love needs a Louis to enthral her
Compel her to cry with her might.
I don't want Mercury or History,
I don't want a Venus that talks,
I don't want a bowl of little Neptunes
She can't take a Black Hole for a walk.
How tough is that Louis in the window?
The one with the funny tale
How tough is that Louis in the window?
I do hope that Louis won't fail.
(with special thanks to Bob Merrill) + (massive thanks to Tim Ereneta)
PS: Neptune is the fourth largest planet in terms of diameter
You hear Georgie Dee (Perth) - Simon Toon (England) - Victorious One (USA) - BarbaraKB (Detroit USA) - Larry G Maguire (Dublin Ireland) - Jeremiah Craig (Seattle, Washington USA) & Paul O'Mahony (Cork Ireland)
Over coffee after dropping my daughter to school on Thursday morning - about 15 fundamental questions about "Irish people" (not necessarily "people in Ireland" or "ethnically Irish")
Surely this isn't for real - it sounds like Paul talking to the world's most experienced podcasters - "How to turn yourself into an archangel" he promises.
The hundred acres life - Winnie the Pooh - self-fulfilment. Even the Makropulos Case (opera by Janecek) is mentioned.
I think this was meant to attract new listeners to "From Cork With Love Adventure" - podcast. I doubt it succeeded.
RTE 1 Clare Byrne Live this evening at 21:35. This episode is includes Ian O'Doherty's article in Irish Independent newspaper today - with Some commentary by Paul O'Mahony
You overhear Simon & Paul in Cork International Hotel. Enjoying each other's company. Simon is returning to the UK after four days in Cork. This is not an average conversation.
First Cathedral is Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra) is a Gothic revival three spire cathedral in the city of Cork, Ireland. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and was completed in 1879. The cathedral is located on the south side of the River Lee, on ground that has been a place of worship since the seventh century, and is dedicated to Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of the city. It was once in the Diocese of Cork; it is now one of the three cathedrals in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. The second Cathedral is where Ed Sheeran is tonight : Pairc Ui Caoimhe
First Concert since Bruce Springsteen- in Pairc Ui Chaoimh - huge excitement in Cork - REDFM changed its name to EDFM - the most exciting part of this episode is the arrival of the pitbull
I wasn't born loving opera, I didn't like opera at school, I thought tenors were silly - A few people on Anchor love opera - does anyone want to record an episode about opera with me? My CD player is broke. Yeah is music from La Bohème
This is wild because you hear a voice that runs all over the place - from the Hundred Acre Wood to Middle Earth - from rape to abortion - in the end there is guitar practice
Two friends chat on their way to record Business Jazz (podcast Series 6 Episode 1) in Cork. Paul O'Mahony drives an Audi A3 - Picks up Roger Overall - they never stop talking on route to the Republic of Work.
You hear:
(1) Irish national radio
(2) Should Paul & Roger change "how to be genuinely attractive in business today" to "be genuinely attractive in business"?
(3) Podcast by Jon from Anchor
(4) Why the seat of the car is wet
(5) Book by Justine McCarthy about Mary McAleese (ex-president of Ireland)
(6) First class travel on airplanes
(7) Shakespeare & Cervantes puzzle
(8) Windscreen wiper in action
The Funeral of Jan Palach
[read by Paul O'Mahony in Jan Palach Square, Prague]
When I entered the first meditation
I escaped the gravity of the object,
I experienced the emptiness,
And I have been dead a long time.
When I had a voice you could call a voice,
My mother wept to me:
My son, my beloved son,
I never thought this possible
I’ll follow you on foot.
Halfway in mud and slush the microphones picked up.
It was raining on the houses;
It was snowing on the police-cars.
The astronauts were weeping,
Going neither up nor out.
And my own mother was brave enough she looked
And it was alright I was dead.
You must be wondering "How did it go?" - how did the preview of the world premier go? Who forgot their lines? Did the lighting work? Was the music off key? Did the audience applaud? Listen to Ray
You hear voices from Anchor: Georgie Dee (Perth) - Jeremiah Craig (Seattle) - BarbaraKB (Cincinnati) - Tony Moze (Boston) - Gipsy Clipper (San Francisco) & more
World premier of "You Are My Sunshine" is on Friday 20 April 2018. In Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco. Paul O'Mahony in Cork chats with Ray Renati about how rehearsal is going. While settling down they talk about "bus farts" & what Ray had to say about a multitude of things on his audio Cast on Limor. Listen to Ray Renati - he plays three parts.
SafeHaven2018 is on 11-13 May. This episode is a raw recording of Paul O'Mahony planning what to post on Facebook. There will be people from England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland in Cork for the District 71 Annual Conference. You hear Paul talking himself through the long list of things to publicise over te next 24 days. The recording was unexpectedly interrupted by a phonecall.
Story inspired by William FitzGerald's recent speech at Toastmasters. Paul O'Mahony tells his story while walking in the woods.
The King & Queen are worried because their daughter's marriage prospects. She can't read. They look for a cure by going to three magicians - with surprising results.
You never know what might happen - you may meet yourself coming in the opposite direction - a vicious flesh-eating leprechaun could jump out any minute - you can even be ambushed by earthworms ...
Listen to find out ...
Not only do dogs constantly seeking attention but humans do the same thing. If you didn't get attention as an infant you wouldn't be human. Paul O'Mahony offers you advice on how to get attention from others.
Leaving his dry kitchen at 23:45 - out into a dark damp dank walk round the estate with family dog Louis - Paul O'Mahony talks about Robbin Milne's Podcast, other people & eventually you hear Paul chat with the cat Puma
In this episode Paul O'Mahony rushes along talking to trees, moss, birds, dog & water - twitchers, birdwatchers, ferns, gorse, laylandii, birdsong, whistle ... There is a plan for the day
Starts with Wittgenstein, moves on to how some points sometimes use words and then stop chatting with children about dogs and tractors. Typical Paul O'Mahony
Recorded in Moanbaun Wood - 9 kms outside Cork City- while out with Louis (Llewellin Setter) by Paul O'Mahony. Walt Whitman's poem "Song of the Redwood Tree" - with windy ambience & chatter with dog as added extras.
Walking along composing a poem. Paul O'Mahony transcribed & edited it later - originally 14 minutes long. Paul deleted seven minutes of ambient sound - none of the words.
Starts with "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" by Walt Whitman - moves on to live-streaming his poetry on Periscope - the moo cow - an English Setter took Paul O'Mahony out of the house - walking in woods (recorded on a damp misty Easter Monday)
Packed with sweeties - the sounds of sweet voices sent to Paul O'Mahony recently 💚 Ray 💚 Sarrah 💚 Jeremiah 💚 Fu-ran 💚 Michael 💚 Georgie 💚 Tim 💚 Robbin 💚 Rich 💚 Sarah 💚 Larry 💚 ConDenSayShun 💚 Simon 💚 Mike 💚 Barbara 💚 Eli 💚 Victorious 💚 Robert
This is not a poem : this is punctuation - the sort of marker that can irrigate the arrangement of words. Paul O'Mahony made this up while getting up. He needs to get outside into the